Anyone else notice this about the Games lately?

[hospitaller]

And any thoughts on how to get the games and festivals more well attended?

Reduce gas prices and you'll get more public.

We've had the same problem for our WW2 Reenactments.
They usually involve driving about a minimum of 150 miles, plus the expense associated with the event itself (piro, ammo, giveaways, etc.), so the number of reenactors is down to about 50%.

Thus, the same problems affect the attending public.

Just another unfortunate byproduct of the economic situation.